Carleton Washburne

We hope you are enjoying a wonderful summer with your families! The start of the 2024-25 school year is two weeks away, and we wanted to reach out to you with some information pertinent to Washburne families.

We are so excited to reconnect with our families and our wonderful Washburne students in anticipation of an excellent school year. After a summer of construction, we look forward to welcoming everyone back to our campus, supporting our students’ transition into a new school year, and engaging the students in learning.

In anticipation of September 3rd, we wanted to share information about the first days of school and upcoming events for students and families.

Take Care and Be Well,

Andrew Fenton & Ben Horwitz

Carleton Washburne Principal & Assistant Principal

Student schedule information will go live to all families on Friday, August 23rd at 10:00am via the PowerSchool Parent Portal. Please know that parent and teacher feedback was thoroughly reviewed, and a lot of time and thought went into every student placement. Due to the complexities involved in this process, we are unable to change team and advisory placements.

At Washburne, you will see your child’s schedule for trimester 1. Please keep in mind that students will have different electives during trimester 2 and 3.

• You can access the PowerSchool Parent Portal using this link.

• If you are a new district family, you will receive a specific email from our district office with directions to access the parent portal.

• If you have any trouble accessing your account, please reach out to parentportal@winnetka36.org.
  

We are happy to be able to open up our building once again to students and families to take a tour of Carleton Washburne School prior to the start of the school year. Our building will be open for self-guided tours on Tuesday, August 27th from 9:00am -12:00pm.

If you would prefer to take a guided tour of the building, we will be offering a principal led tour at 10am on 8/27.

Please come to the main entrance off Hibbard Road to begin your tour.

On Thursday, August 29th from 11:30am-12:15pm all Washburne students will have the opportunity to meet with their team teachers and connect with other students. This event will take place outside around Carleton Washburne School.

This is a great opportunity for 8th graders to connect with their teachers and classmates and for 7th graders to meet their teachers and fellow teammates. Students can stop by at any point during this timeframe to meet the teachers on their team. Each team will be located outside the perimeter of our building, near the door where students will enter the building each day.

Please see the image below to see the location for your child’s team:

Quest Food Management Services, Inc. is the food service provider for the Carleton Washburne Cafeteria. The school district has partnered with mymealtime.com, a convenient and secure online service for monitoring your student's lunch account and making credit or debit card deposits.

Please visit the following link for more information: Washburne Lunch Webpage.

Update for the 2024-25 school year:

Parents will receive an email when the child's account goes below $10.00. A student is allowed to overdraw their account up to $25.00. Once it goes below -$25.00, My MealTime will not allow the cashiers to ring out any more items on credit. At this point, families must deposit additional funds or the child must have cash to purchase food.

In addition, families who do not already have accounts created will receive an email from the district this week with login information. If you have any questions, please contact Margie Karabas at 847-501-2527 or margiekarabas@winnetka36.org.

All students should have the supplies listed in this LINK, either ordered as a kit through our PTO or purchased on your own. Please know that it is okay if students do not bring every item to school on the very first day. Our teachers will communicate with students regarding expectations for managing school supplies on the first day.

The PTO and the KW teams at Skokie and Washburne are excited to continue our partnership with New Trier High School’s One Stop Trev Shop! The One Stop Trev Shop is an innovative job training/life skills program for New Trier’s Transition Program students. Please CLICK HERE for more information on how to order your KW uniform.

The student designed Washburne 2024-25 Yearbooks are available for purchase.

Order your Washburne Yearbooks via the district web store by clicking this link.

Interscholastic fall sports are set to begin right away with the start of the school year. Please see below for information regarding these options. Please contact Andy Becker at AndyBecker@winnetka36.org with any questions.

Washburne Sports Parent Meeting

There will be a Zoom meeting to discuss all things regarding Washburne Sports for this year. Please plan to attend the session on Tuesday, September 3rd at 6:00pm.

Please use this link to attend the meeting.

Girls Volleyball

Any 7th or 8th grade Washburne student can try out.

Tryout Dates/Times:

• Wednesday, Sept. 4th and Thursday, Sept. 5th from 3:30-5:30pm in the Washburne Gyms.

• Possible 3rd tryout date on Friday, Sept. 6th 7:00-8:00 AM.

Tryout Results:

• Tryout results will be emailed to parents using the address provided during registration.

Practices:

• Typically, practices are Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday from 3:30-5:00pm and Friday mornings from 7:00-8:00am.

• We will not practice on days we have games.

• Due to the late start to the season, we will plan to practice on Monday, Sept 9 from 2:30-4:00pm.

Season Dates:

• The season will start on September 4th and end on October 16th.

Requirements:

• All students need to be registered for volleyball using this link.

• All students must also have either a current physical on file at the school (within 13 months from the start of the season) or a completed and signed medical clearance form found here.

Co-ed Cross Country

Available for any 6th, 7th, or 8th grade student. This is a no-cut sport.

First day of practice:

• Wednesday, Sept. 4th from 3:30-4:30pm - meet in the backfield (rain location in the hallway outside the Washburne Gyms-in which we will only have a short meeting to introduce the season)

• Practices will be Tuesdays/Wednesdays/Thursdays/Fridays from 3:30-4:30pm.

Requirements:

• All students need to be registered for cross country using this link.

• All students must also have either a current physical on file at the school (within 13 months from the start of the season) or a completed and signed medical clearance form found here.

Other Information:

• Cross Country is a flexible program in regards to attendance. If students are not able to make all practices/meets, that will not be an issue.

Season Dates:

• The season will start on September 4th and end on October 15th.

Co-ed Soccer

A new option for staying involved at Washburne this fall is Washburne FC! Washburne FC is back and better than ever for a second season. This club is open for all 7th and 8th grade students - it is a coed and no-cut activity. Students can expect practices as well as matches against other feeder schools in our conference.

Requirements:

• All students need to be registered for soccer using this link. All students must also have either a current physical on file at the school (within 13 months from the start of the season) or a completed and signed medical clearance form found here.

First day of Practice:

• Wednesday, Sept. 4th from 3:30-4:45pm - meet in the backfield (rain location in the hallway outside the Washburne Gyms- in which we will only have a short meeting to introduce the season)

• Practices will be Tuesdays/Wednesdays/Thursdays from 3:30-4:45pm.

Equipment Needed:

• All students will need a pair of shin guards as well as soccer cleats (no metal allowed)

Season Dates:

• The season will start on September 4th and end in Mid-October.

This summer marked the fourth edition of “One Author, One Campus” between Skokie and Washburne schools. The goal of this project is to foster our community of readers between the two campuses, while also modeling the joy of reading with students and families. This year we made a slight tweak to the project by featuring the books of one author, Dusti Bowling. Washburne students were able to choose from one of four award-winning titles by Ms. Bowling, and we are looking forward to a visit from Ms. Bowling this fall. We hope you were able to engage in this program as a family and found many examples of the 4Rs (Resilience, Relationships, Responsibility, and Reflection) which are a foundation of the Washburne Advisory Program.

Thank you for helping support our community of readers!

• Friday, August 23rd: Student placement information will be available to families online at 10:00am. You will be able to access this via your PowerSchool account.

• Thursday, August 29th: Washburne Meet and Greet (11:30am-12:15pm). Students will have the opportunity to meet their teachers prior to the first day of school.

• Tuesday, September 3rd: First Day of School (½ Day: 8:30 -11:50am) Lunch will not be served at school on this date. Students will have a chance to see all of their teachers and visit their classrooms with a modified schedule. There will be bus service on this date.

• Wednesday, September 18th: Washburne Go to School Night 6:00pm - 8:00pm.

• Tuesday, September 24th: Coffee with the Principal 9:00am-10:00am.